The 5th Indian Brigade was allocated to deal with the eastern end.

They also pointed out that he had commanded 111 Indian Brigade in the field for only a few weeks.

The first of these came from Palin's 29th Indian Brigade.

Here, the 8th Indian Infantry Brigade made up the holding force.

The brigade was soon disbanded, and the remaining troops were transferred to other Indian brigades.

The 44th Indian Brigade were on their right flank.

The 22nd Indian Brigade was nearly completely destroyed by the Japanese.

The attack by 161st Indian Brigade had mixed fortunes.

The young and inexperienced 45th Indian Brigade had ceased to exist as a formation.

By the time 5th Indian Brigade set off, the defenders had started to withdraw and their objective was taken with virtually no opposition.